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“Company Town” Arvida Seeks Heritage Designations

“Company Town” Arvida Seeks Heritage Designations

Eyeing a coveted spot on the UNESCO World Heritage list, a Quebec town built by big aluminum pleads its case to become a declared heritage…
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Tales from an All-You-Can-Eat Road Trip

Tales from an All-You-Can-Eat Road Trip

When it comes to experiencing Canada’s diverse food scene, Lindsay Anderson and Dana VanVeller can say “been there, ate that”
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Help the Monarchs Make it Back to Mexico

Help the Monarchs Make it Back to Mexico

The orange-and-black long-distance flyer is having an increasingly hard time completing its annual trip. It’s time for all of us to help
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Are We Doing Enough to Protect Endangered Plants?

Are We Doing Enough to Protect Endangered Plants?

A report by The National shines a light on the precarious status of wild American ginseng — and shows how we’re failing to protect the…
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Meet Your New Neighbour: The Urban Coyote

Meet Your New Neighbour: The Urban Coyote

Habitat loss is sending coyotes looking for new homes — and they might just like city life enough to stay
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Why Expo 67 Still Matters

Why Expo 67 Still Matters

Fifty years later after Montreal hosted the world, “expophile” historian Maurice Guibord takes us back to that iconic moment in Canadian…
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Meet the Magdalens, Canada’s Most Idyllic Islands

Meet the Magdalens, Canada’s Most Idyllic Islands

Go for the locals’ stories of long-ago shipwrecks. Stay for the incredible sense of belonging
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2017 in Review: Canada’s Excellent Year in Culture

2017 in Review: Canada’s Excellent Year in Culture

From Céline Dion winning at life to homegrown Oscar contenders and the loss of Gord Downie, here are the biggest culture stories this year
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Haggis You Didn’t See This One Coming

Haggis You Didn’t See This One Coming

A long-banned Scottish delicacy is making a surprise comeback to Canada — but is it the real deal?
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Opera Honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Opera Honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

A new production set between Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Highway of Tears brings the tragic story of missing and murdered…
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Meet Patagotitan Mayorum, the Largest Dinosaur Ever

Meet Patagotitan Mayorum, the Largest Dinosaur Ever

It was almost 40 metres long, weighed as much as 10 elephants and could have reached its lunch on the roof of a five-storey building.
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Going Bold for Gold in Yukon

Going Bold for Gold in Yukon

Mining companies are once again rushing into the Canadian territory in hopes of striking it rich — and so far they seem to like their…
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Urban Beekeeping Has Canadian Cities Buzzing

Urban Beekeeping Has Canadian Cities Buzzing

As bee populations decline the world over, Canadian innovators are finding ways to accommodate our pollinating friends
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